Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Spellbinders All Aboard Card Kit Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be taking part in the Spellbinders All Aboard Card Kit Blog Hop. You should have reached me from the blog of Ilina Crouse. (The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.) I previously shared projects with the kit here, here, and here.

Spellbinders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, October 3rd, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Please note: store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions; store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.

For the hop, I created two cards and two tags with the All Aboard Card Kit. I had kept the kit pieces together in the original box, and it was easy to find coordinating die-cut and chipboard elements, solid cardstock, patterned paper, and embellishments. These projects took almost no time to assemble.

I dry-embossed the card bases using the Evergreen folder (dark green) and the Stargazer folder (burgundy).

To help cluster the die-cut pieces, I cut 3-inch circles with the detail and outline dies and backed with gold foil. Both the textured white cardstock and gold foil are included in the kit. I embellished the tree with Gold Mix Gems. To add dimension to the cards, I mixed chipboard elements from the kit with the die-cut pieces.

I die-cut the tags with the Heart to Heart Tag set from patterned paper in the kit, which I backed with white cardstock.

I added one of the tags to a coffee/chocolate-themed gift.

Just as I did on the cards, I mixed die-cut elements with chipboard pieces. I used enamel dots from the kit to embellish the tree.

Thank you for dropping by! I hope I have inspired you. Head next to the blog of Yasmin Diaz. Scroll for full list of participants.

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Penny Black – Bring on the Snow

Hello! Today I am sharing a winter-themed card created with a new Penny Black sentiment set 30-852 Fresh Snow paired with additional die sets. I used the same design on a card here.

For the background, stamp 40-706 Snowflake Pattern in white ink on Taylored Expressions Earl Grey cardstock.
Heat-emboss the sentiment in silver 30-852 Fresh Snow on light blue cardstock and cut with the 51-053 A Pocket Full die. Use same die to cut vellum.
Cut penguin and snowbank with the 51-668 Festive Family die set. I used the same set on this card.
Die-cut snowflakes with the 51-708 Dancing Snowflakes set.
Add sentiment panel, vellum, penguins, snowbank, and snowflakes to card base.

Spellbinders – Festive Christmas Cars

Today, I am sharing a slimline Christmas card featuring products from Spellbinders. If it looks familiar, it is because I designed a similar one a couple of months ago, which you can see here.

Create a slimline card background by dry-embossing Onyx cardstock with the Striped Slimline folder.
Die-cut snowy hills from white velvet cardstock (Stampin’ Up) with the dies in the Color Block Scenic Scape set.
Die-cut the vehicles with the Special Delivery die set; they were assembled with the inlay technique.
Add trees to the top of two of the vehicles created with the Bottle Brush Trees set and packages to the center car using the Shopping Spree set.
Stamp the sentiment using the All-Occasion Sentiments set on to a tag cut with a die in the Party Cupcake Pocket set. Add tag to the middle vehicle with the packages.
To embellish, add snowflakes cut with dies in the Holiday Decorations set.

Spellbinders – Halloween Village Scene

Hello and happy almost equinox! Around here, in the Pacific Northwest, we have chillier temps early morning, spider webs on the plants, and leaves changing colors. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, about which I have talked before. I put together several Spellbinders die sets to create a Halloween village scene.

I created the card base with Shaded Lilac, Broken China, and Hickory Smoke inks using vellum to mask.
I cut a 2 inch circle from orange cardstock and added Spiced Marmalade to it. I trimmed the circle and added it to the card base.
I used dies in the Silent Night Make a Scene set to cut the village houses Onyx cardstock. I added cardstock behind the windows. Some were added to the base with foam adhesive.
I die-cut the ghosts with dies in the Open House Boo! set, backing their eyes with Onyx cardstock. I used the same set to create the sentiment. The ghosts were added with foam adhesive.

Penny Black Christmas – Simple Joys of Christmas

Hello! Today I am sharing a Christmas card created with a new Penny Black sentiment set 30-849 Hearts Come Home paired with their Christmas products from past years. This sentiment aptly expresses my thoughts about Christmas!

For the background, stamp 40-706 Snowflake Pattern in white ink on Taylored Expressions Red Pepper cardstock.
Stamp 30-849 Hearts Come Home in black ink on white cardstock and cut with the 51-053 A Pocket Full die. Use same die to cut vellum.
From Noble Fir cardstock, cut boughs with 51-659 Beautiful Baubles die (four times). Adhere boughs.
Cut 51-275 Winter Lantern from Brushed Gold cardstock and red cardstock. Back gold lanterns with white cardstock. Trim red candles and apply Yellow Stickles for flames. When dry, adhere to gold lanterns.
Add sentiment, vellum, boughs, and lanterns to card base.

I have used the 51-275 Winter Lantern set previously here and here. I used the 51-659 Beautiful Baubles set here.